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Title: Your Guide to Safe, Efficient, Winter Driving


1
Your Guide to Safe, Efficient, Winter Driving
Vic Whitcroft THSAO
2
Seminar Outline
  • Increase your awareness of winter driving hazards
  • Inspire you to make adjustments for poor driving
    conditions
  • Put the odds safely in your favour

3
Winter Driving Hazards
  • Poor traction
  • Poor visibility
  • Conditions outside the vehicle
  • Conditions inside the vehicle
  • Other traffic

4
Poor Traction
  • Anticipate when traction will be poor
  • Black ice
  • Bridges
  • Curves/ramps
  • Shaded areas of the roadway
  • Slow down increase following distance

5
Following Distance
  • Time interval formula
  • Fixed object start count
  • Perhaps 4 seconds for a car, van or SUV
  • A longer following distance is needed in poor
    conditions
  • You must have a safe stopping distance

6
Traction Sharing
7
Traction Sharing
  • Braking
  • Steering
  • Acceleration
  • Once traction is lost to one area, it will be
    lost to other areas

8
Your Vehicle
  • Coolant levels
  • Exhaust system
  • Headlights, brake lights tail lights
  • Tires, snow tires or all season
  • Fuel level
  • Pre winter service

9
Poor Visibility
  • See and be seen
  • Heater and defroster
  • Wiper blades
  • Clean windows
  • Head lights tail lights on

10
Conditions Outside The Vehicle
  • Light
  • Darkness
  • Crosswinds
  • Road
  • Other vehicles
  • Pedestrians

11
Best Defense
  • Slow down
  • Create more space ahead of your vehicle
  • Anticipate weather, road traffic conditions
  • Anticipate incorrect actions of other road users
  • Look and steer where you want to go

12
Conditions Inside The Vehicle
  • The driver
  • Vehicle controls
  • Mirrors
  • Windows
  • Loose objects
  • Justin case

13
Just In Case
  • Emergency kit
  • Cables
  • Flares/triangles
  • Extra clothes
  • Candle lighter and tin can
  • Cell phone
  • Shovel

14
Just In Case
  • Ice scraper/snow brush
  • Blanket/survival blanket
  • Flash light
  • Chocolate or candies
  • Call police sign
  • Winter footwear

15
Sharing The Road
  • Tractor trailer units
  • School buses
  • Transit highway coaches
  • Snow plows
  • Emergency vehicles
  • Motorcycles (it could happen)
  • Off road vehicle ( snow mobiles)

16
Useful Information
  • Use the standard collision prevention formula
  • See (recognize the hazard)
  • Think (understand the defense)
  • Do (act in time)
  • Dont be distracted
  • Cell phones
  • Eating
  • Drinking coffee

17
Recap
  • Anticipate changing conditions
  • Get up to date weather information
  • Carry survival gear
  • Ramps
  • Bridges
  • Shaded areas
  • Curves
  • Melted snow banks
  • Drifted areas
  • Recognize signs of black ice

18
Recap
  • Adjust to the conditions around you
  • Slow down
  • Make more space ahead of your vehicle
  • Use proper eye lead
  • Make sure you can see and be seen
  • Report to office any conditions that may
    affect company drivers

19
Be Prepared
  • Storms can hit any time after November 1st
  • Weather can change quickly
  • Know the conditions and the forecast at your
    destination and in between

20
Drive Defensively
  • In all seasons
  • At all times
  • In all weather
  • Dont become complacent

21
Thank You
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